Monday, January 3, 2011

2010 Year-In-Review

It has been my tradition since 2008 to create a Year-In-Review scrapbook page, along with a blog post that highlight the year. (You can see the 2009 Year-In-Review here, and the 2008 Year-In-Review here.) This year I had a lot of fun going through my photos to pick the ones I wanted to use in my scrapbook page. Seeing all the photos made the memories of good times all rush back, and I was able to relive those moments again. That is one of the things I enjoy the most about creating a page like the Year-In-Review page. I enjoy the process itself because I get to remember all the great times with family and friends, and all the adventures I had this year. This process also made me realize that I didn't blog about everything this year, like I did last year for Project 365. Thank goodness I did have photos of almost all our fun events, so I don't think I forgot anything. I've always said, "If there's no photo, it didn't happen!" The process also made me realize that I didn't scrap as many pages as I would have liked to have done in 2010. That's something I hope to improve in 2011 as I embark on my New52 adventures.

2010 Year-In-Review

January:

1/1: Went to the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, followed by the Rose Bowl football game, where our Ohio State Buckeyes played the Oregon Ducks. Buckeyes won!

5/15: Ran 12 miles roundtrip from Carlsbad to Oceanside and back. Longest training run before the RnR Half Marathon. Lunch at Beach City Cafe. Went to Station Tavern in South Park with Sally and her friends to celebrate her birthday.

5/16: Went to dinner at Urban Solace with Roby and Dejah. It was really good and they really liked it!

5/29-5/30: Ran the last long run before the RnR Half Marathon, at Mission Bay. Went wine tasting with Dejah and Roby at Vintage Wines. Went to check out Sally's new house, then went to Bombay for dinner with her. Went to the Hillcrest Farmer's Market again and did a classic Todd Shot of him and his big piece of cake. :)

June

6/5: Todd and I went to brunch at Opera Patisserie and it was delicious. I loved the omelettes there!

6/6: Todd and I both ran and finished the San Diego Rock N Roll Half Marathon! My finish time was 2:33:06, while Todd finished in 1:53:49. Afterwards we went to Red Robins and ate big burgers!

6/25: We celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary by going to Big Kitchen in South Park for breakfast. Then we visited the Museum of Photographic Arts and walked around Balboa Park. After that, lunch at Cucina Urbana. It was perfect.

6/26: Lunch with Sally. (Todd eats sushi now!) Then American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in RB, where we met up with Todd's musician friends and AJ and Meera. Dinner with AJ and Meera at DiCrescenzos.

7/26: We took a day off and had lunch at Blue Water Seafood, followed by a visit to Old Town State Park, where we ate taffy candy and read books on our Kindle & Sony reader. Then we bought some yummy olive oil.

7/30: Todd's second swim at La Jolla Cove. He lost his wedding ring in the ocean, but didn't discover it until dinner at Sally's house.

August

8/1-8/3: Todd's parents came to visit and we took them to Point Loma Seafoods for the first time. Afterwards we ran/walked on a nearby trail. We also went to Panera Bread and Pacifica Del Mar.

8/6: Todd went swimming at La Jolla Cove again with the tri club. Afterwards we met up with Cassi and Dan at Smashburger for dinner. First time at Smashburger!

8/11: Joyce and Alex and the kids arrived in San Diego. We took them to Rubios and they loved it!

8/12: Went to the beach and playground in Del Mar with Joyce & Alex and the kids. Todd made Tuscan Potato Soup and Joyce couldn't stop eating it, she loved it.

8/13: Went to Hilltop park and the kids loved the playground. Then went to Pizza Hut buffet for lunch. Went to La Jolla Cove to watch Todd swim and Andrew remarked that "Uncle Todd is so white". Ha ha! Then we had dinner at Porkyland.

10/8: Todd's new Subaru Outback got delivered to our house. Todd was very excited! Also, Todd went swimming with Monika at La Jolla Cove to help her through her first open-water swim. We went to Smashburger afterwards and Monika got chicken!

10/30: Todd did the Fearless Mini Triathlon with Monika. David and I had to watch them in the rain and we got soaked! Good thing it wasn't a long triathlon. Afterwards Monika and David came over and then we headed up to pick up Phil's BBQ and went to AJ and Meera's house to hang out with them.

November:

11/1: Todd made chocolate chocolate chip cookies and we went to Dejah and Roby's house for dinner. Dejah made Filipino pancit.

11/7: Todd went for a bike ride along the coast and I waited for him at Pannikins coffee house. It was really fun and nice weather to boot.